[Congressional Record (Bound Edition), Volume 150 (2004), Part 10]
[Senate]
[Pages 13844-13845]
[From the U.S. Government Publishing Office, www.gpo.gov]




              INTRODUCTION OF BILLS AND JOINT RESOLUTIONS

  The following bills and joint resolutions were introduced, read the 
first and second times by unanimous consent, and referred as indicated:

           By Mrs. CLINTON (for herself, Ms. Collins, and Mr. 
             Breaux):
       S. 2572. A bill to amend the Older Americans Act of 1965 to 
     provide for mental health screening and treatment services, 
     to amend the Public Health Service Act to provide for 
     integration of mental health services and mental health 
     treatment outreach teams, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. CLINTON:
       S. 2573. A bill to amend title 38, United States Code, to 
     provide for the payment of a monthly stipend to the surviving 
     parents (known as ``Gold Star parents'') of members of the 
     Armed Forces who die during a period of war; to the Committee 
     on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Ms. MIKULSKI (for herself and Mr. Sarbanes):
       S. 2574. A bill to provide for the establishment of the 
     National Institutes of Health Police, and for other purposes; 
     to the Committee on Health, Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mrs. BOXER (for herself and Mr. Smith):
       S. 2575. A bill to direct the Secretary of Agriculture to 
     conduct research, monitoring, management, treatment, and 
     outreach activities relating to sudden oak death syndrome and 
     to convene regular meetings of, or conduct regular 
     consultations with, Federal, State, tribal, and local 
     government officials to provide recommendations on how to 
     carry out those activities; to the Committee on Agriculture, 
     Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mr. FEINGOLD:
       S. 2576. A bill to establish an expedited procedure for 
     congressional consideration of health care reform 
     legislation; to the Committee on Rules and Administration.
           By Mrs. CLINTON:
       S. 2577. A bill to provide incentives to promote broadband, 
     telecommunications services in rural America, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mrs. CLINTON:
       S. 2578. A bill to provide grants and other incentives to 
     promote new communications technologies, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mrs. CLINTON:
       S. 2579. A bill to expand the Manufacturing Extension 
     Program to bring the new economy to small and medium-sized 
     businesses; to the Committee on Commerce, Science, and 
     Transportation.
           By Mrs. CLINTON:
       S. 2580. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide an income tax credit to holders of bonds financing 
     new communications technologies, and for other purposes; to 
     the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. CLINTON:
       S. 2581. A bill to establish a grant program to support 
     cluster-based economic development efforts; to the Committee 
     on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mrs. CLINTON:
       S. 2582. A bill to establish a grant program to support 
     broadband-based economic development efforts; to the 
     Committee on Environment and Public Works.
           By Mrs. CLINTON:
       S. 2583. A bill to promote the use of anaerobic digesters 
     by agricultural producers and

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     rural small businesses to produce renewable energy and 
     improve environmental quality; to the Committee on 
     Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry.
           By Mrs. CLINTON:
       S. 2584. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to provide a tax credit for farmers' investments in value-
     added agriculture; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. CLINTON:
       S. 2585. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to expand the work opportunity tax credit for small business 
     jobs creation; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mrs. CLINTON:
       S. 2586. A bill to establish regional skills alliances, and 
     for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, Education, 
     Labor, and Pensions.
           By Ms. STABENOW (for herself and Mrs. Hutchison):
       S. 2587. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to adjust the amount of payment under the physician fee 
     schedule for drug administration services furnished to 
     medicare beneficiaries; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. BAYH (for himself, Mr. Levin, and Mr. Bingaman):
       S. 2588. A bill to authorize appropriations for fiscal year 
     2005 and succeeding fiscal years for the Manufacturing 
     Extension Partnership program of the National Institute of 
     Standards and Technology; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. BUNNING (for himself, Mr. Graham of Florida, Mr. 
             Smith, Mr. Hatch, Mr. Chambliss, Mr. Miller, Mr. 
             Dodd, and Mr. Conrad):
       S. 2589. A bill to clarify the status of certain retirement 
     plans and the organizations which maintain the plans; to the 
     Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. ALEXANDER (for himself and Ms. Landrieu):
       S. 2590. A bill to provide a conservation royalty from 
     Outer Continental Shelf revenues to establish the Coastal 
     Impact Assistance Program, to provide assistance to States 
     under the Land and Water Conservation Fund Act of 1965, to 
     ensure adequate funding for conserving and restoring 
     wildlife, to assist local governments in improving local park 
     and recreation systems, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on Energy and Natural Resources.
           By Mrs. CLINTON:
       S. 2591. A bill to provide for business incubator 
     activities, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. CONRAD (for himself and Mr. Dorgan):
       S. 2592. A bill to provide crop and livestock disaster 
     assistance; to the Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and 
     Forestry.
           By Mrs. LINCOLN (for herself, Mr. Reid, Mr. Graham of 
             Florida, Mr. Kerry, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Reed, Mr. 
             Sarbanes, Mr. Breaux, Ms. Collins, Ms. Landrieu, Mrs. 
             Murray, and Mrs. Clinton):
       S. 2593. A bill to amend title XVIII of the Social Security 
     Act to provide medicare beneficiaries with access to 
     geriatric assessments and chronic care management, and for 
     other purposes; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. LIEBERMAN:
       S. 2594. A bill to reduce health care disparities and 
     improve health care quality, to improve the collection of 
     racial, ethnic, primary language, and socio-economic 
     determination data for use by healthcare researchers and 
     policymakers, to provide performance incentives for high 
     performing hospitals and community health centers, and to 
     expand current Federal programs seeking to eliminate health 
     disparities; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. GREGG (for himself, Mr. Harkin, Mr. Roberts , 
             Mr. Kennedy, Mr. Reed, Mrs. Murray, Mr. Jeffords, Mr. 
             Enzi, and Mr. Dodd):
       S. 2595. A bill to establish State grant programs related 
     to assistive technology and protection and advocacy services, 
     and for other purposes; to the Committee on Health, 
     Education, Labor, and Pensions.
           By Mr. DURBIN (for himself and Mr. Fitzgerald):
       S. 2596. A bill to name the Department of Veterans Affairs 
     outpatient clinic located in Peoria, Illinois, as the ``Bob 
     Michel Department of Veterans Affairs Outpatient Clinic''; to 
     the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
           By Mr. SCHUMER (for himself, Ms. Mikulski, Mr. Corzine, 
             Mrs. Clinton, Mr. Leahy, Ms. Stabenow, Mr. Sarbanes, 
             and Mr. Nelson of Florida):
       S. 2597. A bill to require the Secretary of Health and 
     Human Services to establish and maintain an Internet website 
     that is designed to allow consumers to compare the usual and 
     customary prices for covered outpatient drugs sold by retail 
     pharmacies that participate in the medicaid program for each 
     postal Zip Code, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Finance.
           By Mr. AKAKA (for himself, Mr. Lautenberg, Mr. Levin, 
             Mrs. Feinstein, Mr. Wyden, and Mr. Inouye):
       S. 2598. A bill to protect, conserve, and restore public 
     land administered by the Department of the Interior or the 
     Forest Service and adjacent land through cooperative cost-
     shared grants to control and mitigate the spread of invasive 
     species, and for other purposes; to the Committee on Energy 
     and Natural Resources.
           By Mr. CHAMBLISS (for himself and Mr. Kyl):
       S. 2599. A bill to strengthen anti-terrorism investigative 
     tools, to enhance prevention and prosecution of terrorist 
     crimes, to combat terrorism financing, to improve border and 
     transportation security, and for other purposes; to the 
     Committee on the Judiciary.
           By Mrs. CLINTON (for herself, Mr. Levin, Mr. Dodd, Ms. 
             Cantwell, Mr. Sarbanes, Mr. Schumer, Ms. Landrieu, 
             Mr. Santorum, Mr. Lieberman, Mrs. Boxer, Mr. Specter, 
             Mr. Alexander, Ms. Stabenow, Mrs. Feinstein, Mrs. 
             Hutchison, Ms. Mikulski, Ms. Collins, Mr. Corzine, 
             and Mr. Pryor):
       S. 2600. A bill to direct the Architect of the Capitol to 
     enter into a contract to revise the statue commemorating 
     women's suffrage located in the rotunda of the United States 
     Capitol to include a likeness of Sojourner Truth; to the 
     Committee on Rules and Administration.
           By Mr. LAUTENBERG:
       S. 2601. A bill to amend title 37, United States Code, to 
     require the payment of monthly special pay for members of the 
     uniformed services whose service on active duty is extended 
     by a stop-loss order or similar mechanism, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Armed Services.
           By Mr. DODD (for himself and Mr. Bennett):
       S. 2602. A bill to provide for a circulating quarter dollar 
     coin program to honor the District of Columbia, the 
     Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, Guam, American Samoa, the United 
     States Virgin Islands, and the Commonwealth of the Northern 
     Mariana Islands, and for other purposes; to the Committee on 
     Banking, Housing, and Urban Affairs.
           By Mr. SMITH (for himself, Mr. Allen, Mr. Hollings, and 
             Mr. Sununu):
       S. 2603. A bill to amend section 227 of the Communications 
     Act of 1934 (47 U.S.C. 227) relating to the prohibition on 
     junk fax transmissions; to the Committee on Commerce, 
     Science, and Transportation.
           By Mr. SMITH (for himself and Mr. Breaux):
       S. 2604. A bill to amend the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 
     to reduce the recognition period for built-ins gains for 
     subchapter S corporations; to the Committee on Finance.
           By Mr. CRAIG (for himself and Mr. Crapo):
       S. 2605. A bill to direct the Secretary of the Interior and 
     the heads of other Federal agencies to carry out an agreement 
     resolving major issues relating to the adjudication of water 
     rights in the Snake River Basin, Idaho, and for other 
     purposes; to the Committee on Indian Affairs.

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